I knew I wanted to write about a nanny, but it was difficult for me to find a narrative rhythm. — Leila Slimani Copy Share Image
The history of the Victorian Age will never be written: we know too much about it. — Lytton Strachey Copy Share Image
Often you must turn your stylus to erase, if you hope to write anything worth a second reading. — Horace Copy Share Image
Of the 60 movies I wrote, more than half were written in two weeks or less. — Ben Hecht Copy Share Image
If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“Writing historical fiction is a legitimate use of Multiple Personality disorder.” — Peggy Ullman Bell Copy Share Image
A writer’s life is in his work, and that is the place to find him. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Frankly speaking, if I care what people write, whether it is positive or negative, I believe, personally, I'm on the wrong path. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
My favorite artist was probably Jay-Z. He's the one who inspired me to start writing music. He's a wordsmith. He's very clever.… — Trip Lee Copy Share Image
I have no college education; I taught myself how to write. If you want it badly enough, you can have it. You… — Erin Foster Copy Share Image
Good writing is often about letting go of fear and affectation. Affectation itself, beginning with the need to define some sorts of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
That's something that is almost accidental at the beginning of a career, but the more you write, the more trained you are… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I feel guilty because I want to act more than I want to write songs. I'm a person who likes to transition;… — Ester Dean Copy Share Image
“The hard fact is that writing is available to readers because of market factors as much as particular writing talent.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“As you know, Joyce was a writer who asked his reader to give him a lifetime,” he said. “I am that reader,… — Philip Levine Copy Share Image
“I deal with writer’s block by lowering my expectations. I think the trouble starts when you sit down to write and imagine… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“The Invisible Writer (Sonnet 2654) When I unveil a new book cover, you'd naturally assume that I know what I'm gonna write,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“It’s not publishing that matters; it’s not writing that matters. What matters is feeling alive while writing, washing dishes, driving, etc. Writing… — Barbara Robinette Moss Copy Share Image
“I had written all I was going to write, if the truth had been known, and there is nothing wrong with that.… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
I sometimes start keeping a journal about the writing process itself. Particularly when I get the ideas, and I am trying to… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
“Instead of a book, what if we're actually writing (or not writing) in the margins of our lives? What if our lives… — Patti Digh Copy Share Image
“I have sometimes told people, probably wrongly, that there’s no point in writing at all if you don’t feel that there’s something… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
You are wrong if you think you cannot live without love. I cannot live without it. I do not mean that I… — Anita Brookner Copy Share Image
